Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3153  ·  The star Regulus (αLeo)
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Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph, gigiastro
Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph
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Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph

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Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph, gigiastro
Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph
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Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph

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A vague wad north of Regulus.

«(...)Just 20' from Regulus, almost due north, is the position of the dwarf elliptical galaxy

called "Leo I", one of the members of the Local Group of Galaxies, and among the smallest

and faintest galaxies known. Discovered by A.G.Wilson on Palomar 48-inch Schmidt plates

in 1950, the Leo I System lies some 750,000 light years distant(...).»

(Burnham's Celestial Handbook)

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Leo I - dwarf spheroidal galaxy - Type E;dSph, gigiastro